Recommended links and literature

Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging 2008
List of all HRCT terms, explained with text, diagrams and radiological figures in alphabetical order. This is updated at regular intervals.

Computed Tomography of the Lung – A Pattern Approach, Springer 2007
By Johny A Verschakelen and W De Wever. Highly detailed description of various patterns that can be identified on CT. The book also contains many clinical cases.

Organizing pneumonia: a kaleidoscope of concepts and morphologies
Benjamin J. Roberton, Davis M Hansell
Eur Radiol (2011) 21:2244-2254
This article describes new concepts around OP and highlights newly described imaging patterns. 

High-resolution CT of the Lung, LWW 2009
By W Richard Webb, Nestor Luiz Muller, David P Naidich. Comprehensive book on HRCT (revised fourth edition) with both patterns and disease overview.

Imaging of Diseases of the Chest, Mosby 2009
By David M Hansell. Comprehensive textbook on chest diseases, including HRCT. The book also includes the Fleischner Society glossary.

American Thoracic Society (ATS) documents
Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (2013).
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidlines for Diagnosis and Management (2011).

Radiology asistent
Published by the Radiological Society of the Netherlands
A very helpful website about all kind of radiology including chest diseases.

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